Deckonly

Deckonly is a term used in card gaming and data processing to describe a mode, export, or data structure that contains only the cards in a deck, excluding other game state or assets. The term is not standardized and its exact meaning varies by context, community, or software.

In digital card games and deck-building tools, a deck-only representation typically lists each card and its quantity, optionally including metadata such as set, rarity, or edition. Such representations are used for sharing deck lists, importing into other tools, or performing quantitative analysis of deck composition. A deck-only export usually omits sideboards, match history, or live game state.

In data processing and software workflows, deck-only may describe datasets or schemas that store only the deck structure—card identifiers and counts—without player data, turns, or outcomes. This can simplify analytics, archetype research, or interoperability between systems that manage card collections.

Orthography and usage: deckonly is sometimes written as deck-only or deck only, depending on the tool or community. The concept overlaps with related ideas such as decklists, build exports, and card databases.

See also: decklist, deckbuilding, sideboard, card database, data export. References: none in this article.